Accelerated VB 2008

By: Trey Nash

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Visual Basic 2008 (VB 2008) is relatively easy to learn for anyone familiar with another object-oriented language. Even someone familiar with Visual Basic 6.0 who is looking for an object-oriented language will find VB 2008 easy to pick up. However, though VB 2008, coupled with .NET, provides a quick path for creating simple applications, you still must know a wealth of information and understand how to use it correctly in order to produce sophis- cated, robust, fault-tolerant applications. We teach you what you need to know and explain how best to use your knowledge so that you can quickly develop true VB 2008 expertise. Idioms and design patterns are invaluable for developing and applying expertise, and we show you how to use many of them to create applications that are efficient, robust, fault-tolerant, and exception-safe. Although many are familiar to C++ and Java programmers, some are unique to .NET and the Common Language Runtime (CLR). We show you how to apply these indispen- ble idioms and design techniques to seamlessly integrate your VB 2008 applications with the .NET runtime, focusing on the new capabilities of VB 2008. Design patterns document best practices in application design that many different p- grammers have discovered and rediscovered over time. In fact, .NET itself implements many well-known design patterns. You will see these practices detailed throughout this book. Also, it is important to note that the invaluable tool chest of techniques is evolving constantly.

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About the Authors	p. xi
About the Technical Reviewers	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
VB 2008 Overview	p. 1
Differences Between VB 2008, C# 3.0, and VB6	p. 1
CLR Garbage Collection	p. 3
Common Type System	p. 3
A Simple VB 2008 Program	p. 5
What's New in VB 2008	p. 5
Summary	p. 10
VB 2008 Syntax	p. 11
Types and Variables	p. 11
Namespaces	p. 25
Statements	p. 29
Control Flow Constructs	p. 29
Iteration and Looping Constructs	p. 31
Summary	p. 33
Classes and Structures	p. 35
Class Definitions	p. 35
Value Type Definitions	p. 48
Boxing and Unboxing	p. 52
System.Object	p. 57
Creating Objects	p. 58
Destroying Objects	p. 62
Disposable Objects	p. 63
Summary	p. 67
Methods, Properties, and Fields	p. 69
Methods	p. 69
Properties	p. 77
Fields	p. 80
Summary	p. 84
VB 2008 and the CLR	p. 85
From VB to IL	p. 85
From IL to Platform	p. 87
Understanding Assemblies	p. 88
Metadata	p. 95
Summary	p. 96
Interfaces	p. 97
Interfaces Are Reference Types	p. 97
Defining Interfaces	p. 98
Implementing Interfaces in Structures	p. 103
Using Generics with Interfaces	p. 105
Contracts	p. 107
Choosing Between Interfaces and Classes	p. 110
Polymorphism with Interfaces	p. 114
Summary	p. 115
Operator Overloading	p. 117
Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should	p. 117
Operators That Can Be Overloaded	p. 117
Types and Formats of Overloaded Operators	p. 118
Operators Shouldn't Mutate Their Operands	p. 119
Does Parameter Order Matter?	p. 120
Overloading the Addition Operator	p. 121
Comparison Operators	p. 122
Conversion Operators	p. 129
Summary	p. 132
Exception Handling	p. 133
Handling Exceptions	p. 133
Avoid Using Exceptions to Control Flow	p. 134
Mechanics of Handling Exceptions in VB 2008	p. 134
Achieving Exception Neutrality	p. 143
Creating Custom Exception Classes	p. 155
Working with Allocated Resources and Exceptions	p. 158
Providing Rollback Behavior	p. 162
Summary	p. 165
Working with Strings	p. 167
String Overview	p. 167
String Literals	p. 168
Format Specifiers and Globalization	p. 169
Working with Strings from Outside Sources	p. 181
StringBuilder	p. 184
Searching Strings with Regular Expressions	p. 185
Summary	p. 196
Arrays and Collections	p. 197
Introduction to Arrays	p. 197
Multidimensional Arrays	p. 200
Multidimensional Jagged Arrays	p. 202
Collection Types	p. 203
How Iteration Works	p. 211
Summary	p. 215
Delegates and Events	p. 217
Overview of Delegates	p. 217
Delegate Creation and Use	p. 218
Events	p. 229
Summary	p. 235
Generics	p. 237
Introduction to Generics	p. 237
Generic Type Definitions and Constructed Types	p. 240
Constraints	p. 251
Generic System Collections	p. 255
Select Problems and Solutions	p. 257
Summary	p. 270
Threading	p. 271
Threading in VB 2008 and .NET 3.5	p. 271
Synchronizing Threads	p. 285
Using the Thread Pool	p. 309
Summary	p. 316
VB 2008 Best Practices	p. 317
Reference-Type Best Practices	p. 317
Value-Type Best Practices	p. 362
Summary	p. 372
LINQ with VB 2008	p. 373
LINQ Overview	p. 373
LINQ to Objects	p. 379
LINQ to XML	p. 389
LINQ to SQL	p. 405
Summary	p. 416
Resources	p. 417
Books	p. 417
Articles	p. 418
Web	p. 418
Running the Examples	p. 421
Example Types	p. 421
A Few Words Regarding Modules	p. 422
Index	p. 423
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